Sow and Gilt Management

Sow Parity, Nutrition Drive Reproductive Efficiency

Mar 15, 2005 - by Frank Aherne and Malachy Young

Ongoing changes in agricultural policy and the liberalization in trade have increased the world market for pork, making it all the more vital for the...

Unique Design Gives Sow Freedom to Move

Mar 15, 2005 - By Suzanne Deutsch

Increasing pressure from animal welfare groups to improve living conditions of sows and pigs motivated veterinarian Leszek Mardarowicz, Lublina, Poland,...

A Clash Over Sow Stalls

Feb 15, 2005 - by Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor

The controversy over sow housing has stirred debate in two veterinary groups. One veterinary official says the tiff runs much deeper than that. The American...

Screen Gilts for Feet and Leg Disorders

Feb 15, 2005 - by Ken Stalder and Tom Baas, Extension swine specialists, Iowa State University

The attached poster is the second in a series of three pictorial displays developed to help pork producers more effectively screen replacement gilt candidates...

Well-Run Brazilian Herd Concentrates on Details

Feb 15, 2005 - by Dale Miller, Editor

Family-owned, farrow-to-nursery and finishing sites focus on improving pigs-weaned averages. For anyone looking for a typical, well-run hog farm while...

New Genetics Drive Gilt Replacement Program

Jan 15, 2005 - by Dale Miller, Editor

High sow mortality and culling rates drove Illinois pork producers Jim and Steve Moest to the brink about a year ago. The Moest brothers had pleaded with...

Poster Series Introduced

Jan 15, 2005 - by Ken Stalder and Tom Baas Extension Swine Specialists, Iowa State University

Sow herd mortality and culling rates have reached unacceptable levels in some herds. The attached poster is the first in a series developed to help pork...

Genetic, Financial Implications Of Raising Your Own Gilts

Jan 15, 2005 - By Ken Stalder, Iowa State University Extension swine specialist; and John Mabry, director of the Io

For herd health reasons, and to a lesser degree costs, many commercial pork producers are implementing internal gilt multiplication systems. Many swine...

Weaning Later Cuts Costs, Boosts Production

Jan 15, 2005 - by Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor

An Iowa veterinarian reports increasing weaning age can trim costs without adding to the cost of production, while a Kansas State University Extension...